Dear Readers, Over the years of my writing career this book has been one of my favorites. In fact I’ve read it over many times and even though I wrote it, it still generates new ideas, new understandings and I …
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Personal Transformation
Hope for the New Year Depends Upon Our Own Resolution
Bud and Massimilla HarrisAt midnight on New Year’s Eve I noticed there were far less fireworks celebrating the arrival of the new year than in the past. On New Year’s Day, a day I like to spend in reflection, I realized that I …
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What is a Psychological Complex?
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. I think most of us would like to know more about what a complex is, what it does, how we spot it, and then what are …
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Two Paths to Knowing Our Shadows
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. There are two primary paths that we can follow in looking for our shadows. The first one is in dreams. Figures who are the same …
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Sacred Selfishness Lecture Video
Dr. Bud HarrisI define Sacred Selfishness as valuing ourselves enough to develop into “authentic” human beings who give back vitality and hope to the people around us. It is acquiring what Emerson refers to as “character—a reserved force which acts directly by …
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Aging Strong: Ambition and Awareness Come Together
Dr. Bud HarrisOne of the biggest surprises in my life is to find myself as ambitious as I have ever been while I am approaching my eighth decade. I credit Jung’s individuation process for this reality and for helping me uncover the …
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Aging Strong, The Opportunity of a Lifetime
Dr. Bud Harris I am enjoying aging! What a surprise…. To be honest with you I never thought I would be as old as I am now. Nor did I think I would still be as excited about my life, my work, my …
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Women’s Anger and the Roots of Empowerment
Dr. Massimilla HarrisLike so many women, I have known my inner rage was built in small ways and large ways, over time. Some of it flowed into me through the previous generations of women that also struggled against tides of sorrow and disappointment. I …
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